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W. H. HAI'RE. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 452,670. Patented May 19, 1891.

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N TED STATES 7 PATENT OFFIC L I WILLIAM H. HAIRE, OF MORRISTOYVN, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT WOOD, OF SAHE PLACE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,670, dated May 19, 1891.

Application filed September 20, 1890- Serial No. 365,626. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: The device for agitating the material to be Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HAIRE, of washed within the chamber A consists of an Morristown, in the county of Hamblen and elongated frame D, made of a metal rod bent State of Tennessee, have invented a new and to form two side bars d and two end cross- 5 useful Vashing-Machine, of which the followbars 6 f. There is a clothes-clamping block ing is a full, clear, and exact description. E mounted on the side bars cZof the agitator- This invention relates to an improved washframe D and adapted to slide freely. As ing-Inachine of a type employing vibratory shown, the clamping-block E is formed of agitators, and has for its objects to produce metal and is tapered from a central point g lo a simple and efficient device of low cost and toward the ends 72, where rounded bosses are durable construction which will afford a vesproduced, which are perforated in parallel sel wherein the water may be heated which planes for their loose engagement with the is used to wash the soiled fabric, and which bars d, as before stated. The side bars (1 of when operated will rapidly renovate the soiled the agitator-frame D are flattened att' and op- [5 goods by manipulation within the machine. positely perforated in these flattened portions To these ends my invention consists in the for the pivotal support of the frame that is construction of parts and their combination, slid within the slots 0 of the cover-piece 13 as is hereinafter described and claimed. and adapted to vibrate in the slots by an en- Reference is to be had to the accompanying gagement of transverse pins t, which pass 2o drawings, forminga part of this specification, through the" edges of the battens Z) and the in which similar letters of reference indicate perforations in the flattened parts i of the corresponding parts in all the figures. side bars. The points of pivotal support af- Figure l is a perspective View of the device forded the agitator-frameD on the cover-piece with the loose lid removed and the parts ad- B are such a proportionate distance from the justed to receive articles to be washed. Fig. cross-bar f that the latter-named portion of 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. the frame will properly vibrate above the bot- Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the loose lid of from of the chamber A when the device is in the machine; and Fig. at is a detached view use. At points immediately below the pivots ofthe clothes-clampingagitator device broken, in the flattened parts 71 of the side bars (I these 30 showing material that is to be washed in portions of the agitator-frame D are equally clamped connection with the agitator. bent in the same direction at an obtuse an- The body of the washing-machine consists gle, as shown in Fig. 2, which will incline the of an elongated rectangular chamber A, that portions of the side bars that lie below the is preferably made of galvanized sheet-iron. pivot-pins 1; when the upper portions of said 3 5 Said chamber, having suitable dimensions for side bars are nearly vertical.

efficient service, is stiffened at its upper edge On the upper cross-barea handle his loosely by an angle-iron ledge a, which is secured secured, which handle is made of wood or within the chamber near the top by rivets or other material which is a poor conductor of other means. Upon the ledge a the cover of heat, and loop-handles m are secured on each 0 0 the chamber A is located, which cover is comend wall of the chamber A to afford means prised of two sections B C of equal dimenfor its portage. sions. The portion B of the cover is con- The cover-section G is preferably made of structed of wooden material, preferably, and wooden plank of proper thickness, and is bathas the stiffening-battens b secured on its top tened, as shown in Fig. 3, to prevent warp- 5 surface near the side edges, said cover-section ing, a handle it on its upper surface affording being secured on the ledges a. A longitumeans to conveniently manipulate the coverdinal slot 0 is formed in each batten b and section. The dimensions of the loose coverthrough the board cover-piece B, whichslots section 0 are proportional to the size of the extend from the inner edge e of the coverchamber A, so that it will fit neatly when it I00 50 piece a proper distance toward the other end is placed on the ledges a, and thus close the of said portion B. entire top of the chamber.

5 ing the articles to be operated upon.

In putting the washing-machine into service the chamber A is placed on a stove, range, or furnace, with sufiicient clean water in it to produce a requisite amount of suds for washhen the water is properly heated, the lid or coverpiece C is removed and the frame 1) is rocked into the position shown in Fig. 1, and so retained by an engagement of the hook 0 with one of the side bars (1-. The elevation of the lower portion of the frame D, which is cffected by the depression of the upper portion, as stated, will permit the heavy clampingblock E to slide away from the lower crossbarf of the frame, so that garments or any fabric to be washed within the capacity of the machine may behung on the cross-bar. Then a release of the hook 0 from the upper part of the agitator-frame D will allow the clothes to enter the water in the chamberA by reason of their gravity and the added weight of the block E, which will slide down on the goods and clamp them in place on the cross-bar f. Thematerial to be washed having been soaped,

5 or soap or other detergenthaving been placed in the chamber A with said material, the vibration of the frame D after the cover 0 has been placed on the chamber A will thoroughly agitate the water and cause it to penetrate the porous fabric, so as to remove dirt therefrom.

The peculiar shape of the clamping-b1ock E is one of the important features of the device, as from its shape its center 9 will bear on the clothes near the center of the barf, and will leave spaces g between the clothes on the bar and the sloping portions of the clam pin g-block, whereby currents of the sudswater are projected through the loosened portions of the clothes and through these spaces 9 forcibly when the frarneD is rocked,which action will speedily remove dirt from the clothes.

From the construction of the device eonveniencc is afforded for the frequent inspection of the fabric while it is being washed in the machine, and, if desired, the water may be kept boiling on the source of hcat-supplysuch as a range or f nrnace-while the washing is in progress.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a washing-machine, an agitator-f 'amc composed of a single bar of metal bent into elongated rectangular form, having its side limbs flattened oppositely and perforated for pivotal support, a handle that is heat-resisting loosely mounted on the upper cross-bar of the agitator-frame, and a heavy metal clamping-block which is tapered from its center toward. the ends, which are perforated, to slide on the side bars of the frame, substantially as set forth.

\VILLIAM I'l. IIAIRE.

Witnesses:

R. F. TAYLOR, W. P. PULLEN. 

